Daniloff Set Up

September 23, 1986

MY HUSBAND and I traveled to the Soviet Union this past July. While on a Russian cruise ship for eight days on the Volga River, we talked with Intourist guides, many of whom were professors in the Soviet Union. We were told that the Soviet Union ships its superior wheat to Soviet bloc countries and buys our inferior grain to feed its pigs and cattle.

When we asked why Afghanistan was invaded, the reply was that American troops were in Afghanistan preparing to invade the Soviet Union.

While waiting at a Moscow airport, I picked up a small publication written in English on the Soviet Union vs. the United States. Leafing through the small book, I read that New York Mayor Ed Koch was quoted as saying, ''The color of a man's skin is justification for shooting him.'' This referred to a black man who was sentenced to death for a crime in that state.

I am pessimistic about our chances of achieving peace with the Soviets when they put out this propaganda.

There is no question in my mind that U.S. journalist Nick Daniloff was set up.